>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST STORIES FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M JOHN CARROLL.

NASCAR IS COMING TO TOWN THIS SUMMER.

WE GET A LOOK AT WHAT NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND IS DOING TO GET READY TO HOST THE RACES.

>>> CULTIVATING THE LAND AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

HOW THE GRANDDAUGHTERS WHO NOW RUN THEIR FAMILY'S RANCH ARE HONORING ITS LEGACY.

>>> AND WE VISIT A TRULY UNIQUE MUSEUM LOCATED BETWEEN SANTA YSABEL AND JULIENNE THAT BLENDS ART AND ARCHITECTURE WITH NATURAL LANDSCAPES.

>>> WE BEGIN WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MASS DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

I.C.E.

AGENTS HAVE ARRESTED HUNDREDS OF SAN DIEGANS SINCE THE CRACKDOWN BEGAN.

ONE FAMILY SHARED ITS OWN DETENTION STORY WITH KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS, HOPING OTHERS GOING THROUGH THIS SITUATION FIND A BIT OF COMFORT.

>> Reporter: IT HAPPENED SO FAST ON THE MORNING OF -- JUST ARRIVING AT A LANDSCAPING JOB.

>> DO YOU GUYS HAVE A WARRANT?

YOU GUYS CAN'T COME INTO MY HOUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WARRANT.

>> Reporter: BRIAN STARTED RECORDING WHILE ALEJANDRO CALLS HIS WIFE, VERONICA.

>> DON'T BREAK THE WINDOW, SIR.

WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING?

>> Reporter: AND TO VERONICA, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GUNSHOT.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: THE PHONE GOES DEAD.

ALL VERONICA KNOWS IS THAT I.C.E.

AGENTS HAVE TAKEN HER HUSBAND AND SON.

ALEJANDRO AND BRIAN ARE AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF SAN DIEGANS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY I.C.E.

DURING THE MASS DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMILY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WAS ONCE UNTHINKABLE BUT IS NOW COMMON PLACE.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] .

>> Reporter: VERONICA SAYS THAT THOSE WEEKS WERE FILLED WITH FEAR AND ANGER, BUT THE FAMILY NEVER GAVE UP.

AND NEITHER MEN ARE U.S.

CITIZENS.

ALEJANDRO IS UNDOCUMENTED, BUT HE'S A FATHER OF FIVE, HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN THE U.S.

FOR DECADES, AND OWNS HIS OWN BUSINESS.

BRIAN HAS LEGAL STATUS THROUGH THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS DACA.

NEITHER OF THEM HAVE VIOLENT CRIMINAL RECORDS.

THE FIST THING VERONICA DID AFTER THE ARREST WAS CALL EVERYONE SHE KNEW.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: WITHIN AN HOUR, THE HOUSE WAS FULL OF PEOPLE READY TO HELP.

THEY CALLED LAWYERS, BROUGHT FOOD, EVEN DONATED MONEY TO COVER THE RENT AND UTILITY BILLS.

EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY DEALT WITH IT IN THEIR OWN WAY.

THE SECOND OLDEST SON SAYS HE WAS INITIALLY IN SHOCK.

>> I PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER.

I SAW MYSELF KIND OF AS MAYBE THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SINCE OUR ACTUAL HEAD OF THE FAMILY WAS NOT WITH US.

AND I KNEW I HAD TO STEP IT UP AND BE THAT PILLAR OF SUPPORT FOR MY FAMILY.

>> Reporter: HE SET UP A GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN THAT SO FAR HAS RAISED ALMOST $20,000.

HIS SISTER, CHARLENE, FELT HER FATHER'S ABSENCE AT NIGHT.

>> I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE.

LIKE HE -- EVERY TIME HE WAS HOME, HE'LL HEAR LIKE ANY LITTLE NOISE, AND IT'LL JUST MAKE ME FEEL SAFE BECAUSE I'M JUST LIKE, OH, IF MY DAD'S HEARING IT, HE'S GOING TO TELL US.

>> Reporter: SHE REACHED OUT TO A TEACHER WHO HELPS STUDENTS IMPACTED BY I.C.E.

ENFORCEMENT.

BEFORE THE FAMILY KNEW IT, STRANGERS WERE DROPPING OFF DONATED FOOD.

ALL THAT SUPPORT HELPED IAN, THE FAMILY'S SECOND YOUNGEST.

>> AND IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DID CARE ABOUT US AT THAT TIME.

>> Reporter: IAN SAID THAT HE STRUGGLED TO PROCESS HIS EMOTIONS.

>> I WAS SAD.

I DIDN'T CRY, BUT I WAS STILL SAD.

AND IT FELT SOMETHING LIKE -- SOMETHING JUST KIND OF LIKE BROKE INSIDE ME BECAUSE MY DAD, MY BROTHER, THEY'RE LIKE GREAT PEOPLE.

MY DAD'S THE MOST GREATEST PERSON I KNOW.

HE'S THE GREATEST DAD I KNOW.

>> Reporter: BRIAN WAS RELEASED WITHIN A DAY, AFTER I.C.E.

AGENTS REAL IED HE'S A DACA RECIPIENT AND PROTECTED FROM DEPORTATION.

WHEN HE GOT OUT, HELPING HIS SIBLINGS FELT LIKE A FULL-TIME JOB.

ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PASTIMES WAS WATCHING SAN DIEGO FC.

>> JUST BEING ABLE TO YELL, GET THAT RELIEF OUT, JUST BEING HAPPY THE WHOLE FOUR HOURS, FIVE HOURS, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: ON HIS FIRST GAME BACK, A SMALL GROUP OF SUPPORTERS TURNED THEIR BACK DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

IT WAS A SMALL ACT OF PROTEST AGAINST I.C.E.

ENFORCEMENT IN SAN DIEGO.

BRIAN DID NOT TURN AROUND.

HE LOVES THIS COUNTRY AND AS A DACA RECIPIENT FEELS THE NEED TO SHOW HIS SUPPORT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

BUT ON THAT DAY, ONE LINE OF THE ANTHEM NEARLY BROKE HIM.

>> I LOVE SINGING THE ANTHEM, AND I CRY MOST OF THE TIME, BUT THIS TIME WHEN IT WAS LIKE THE LAND OF THE FREE, MY DAD'S NOT EVEN FREE.

THAT'S THE ONLY SENTENCE OUT OF THE WHOLE ANTHEM THAT I KIND OF DID PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WANTED TO START CRYING FOR SURE, BECAUSE MY DAD'S NOT FREE.

>> Reporter: AFTER A MONTH OF DETENTION A LAWYER SECURED ALEJANDRO'S RELEASE.

A JUDGE CITED REASONS WHY HE SHOULD NOT BE DETAINED, HE RUNS A BUSINESS, CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMMUNITY, AND IS RAISING MULTIPLE AMERICAN CHILDREN.

VERONICA SAYS HE STILL DOESN'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HIS TIME IN DETENTION TOO MUCH.

WHEN HE CAME HOME, SHE INSTANTLY NOTICED HOW MUCH WEIGHT HE'D LOST, AND HIS FACE WAS VERY PALE, ESPECIALLY FOR A LANDSCAPER USED TO WORKING IN THE SUN.

VERONICA WANTS OTHER FAMILIES GOING THROUGH THIS TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE FAMILY IS STRONGER THAN EVER.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR YEARS, POLITICIANS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND HEALTH ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS.

NOW SAN DIEGO'S BIGGEST BUSINESS ORGANIZATION IS WEIGHING IN.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER TAMMY SAYS THEY'VE COME UP WITH A FIVE-POINT PLAN TO PREVENT MORE POLLUTION.

>> Reporter: EVEN WITH EVER GROWING AWARENESS ABOUT THE BINATIONAL TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS, ITS ONGOING CHALLENGES AND MILESTONES ARE COMPLEX.

A NEW REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STRIVES TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS.

IT LAYS OUT FIVE KEY WAYS MEXICO AND THE U.S.

CAN END THE CRISIS.

>> WHAT CHANGES TODAY IS IS NOT THE URGENCY, IT'S THE CLARITY OF THE PATH FORWARD.

THIS FIVE PILLAR FRAMEWORK GIVES US A COMPREHENSIVE, BINATIONAL GUIDE FOR ACTION.

>> Reporter: CHRIS KATE IS THE CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT.

HE SAYS THOSE FIVE PILLARS EXPLAIN HOW TO STOP WASTEWATER FROM ENTERING THE RIVER, RESTORE QUALITY, AND PREVENT FUTURE STRUCTURE FAILURES.

THEY WROTE THE REPORT.

>> WE DID INTENTIONALLY ENGAGE PEOPLE THAT HAD WORKED IN THESE AREAS FOR DECADES, HAD A TON OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.

>> Reporter: EMILY YOUNG IS WITH THE PREBYS FOUNDATION.

THE REPORT IS THE FOUNDATION'S LATEST INVESTMENT IN ADDRESSING THE SEWAGE CRISIS.

PREVIOUSLY IT HELPED FUND RESEARCH SHOWING POLLUTION AFFECTS BOTH THE WATER AND THE AIR.

THE REPORT LAYS OUT SOLUTIONS BOTH COUNTRIES ARE ALREADY WORKING ON, BUT IT ALSO PROPOSES NEW MEASURES LIKE ESTABLISHING A BINATIONAL MAINTENANCE FUND AND A BINATIONAL COMMITTEE TO UNBLOCK STALLED PROJECTS.

YOUNG SAYS SHE HOPES DECISION MAKERS WILL USE THE REPORT TO GUIDE WHERE FUNDING CAN BEST MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TAMMY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND THIS WEEK ON A BIKE AND TRANSIT PROJECT ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS IT'S BEEN PLANNED SINCE AT LEAST 2012.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY BIKEWAY WILL RUN 2.8 MILES FROM SAN DIEGO'S BORDER WITH LA MESA TO ESTRELLA AVENUE IN CITY HEIGHTS.

SEPARATED BIKE LANES, MEASURES TO PREVENT SPEEDING, AND NEW BOARDING PLATFORMS FOR SOME OF THE COUNTY'S HIGHEST RIDERSHIP BUS ROUTES.

TRAFFIC COLLISIONS ON THE CORRIDOR HAVE KILLED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE OVER THE PAST DECADE, INCLUDING A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY LAST OCTOBER.

>> THIS IS A SAFETY AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, AND IT'S ONE THAT ADDRESSES NOT, AGAIN, NOT THEORETICAL SAFETY HAZARDS BUT REAL-LIFE ONES.

THIS IS A DEADLY STRETCH OF ROAD, AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE HERE ARE GOING TO SAVE LIVES.

>> Reporter: THE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE BIKE PROJECT THERE IS THE COUNTY WITH A BUDGET JUST SHY OF $44.6 MILLION.

MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES.

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOE, WHO SERVES AS VICE CHAIR OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, SANDAG, SAID THE HIGH COST IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A BIKE PROJECT, IT'S A NEAR TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY THAT WILL FIX POTHOLES AND MAKE SIDEWALKS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS AND PARENTS WITH STROLLERS.

>> THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE, PRICE TAGS GO UP EVERY DAY, BUT I THINK THIS IS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S OFTEN UNDERRESOURCED.

WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, HOW YOU GET AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE IT'S AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO SO.

>> Reporter: RICK RIDES HIS BIKE ON THIS STRETCH OF UNIVERSITY ALMOST EVERY DAY.

>> WELL, THERE'S BEEN SOME CLOSE CALLS, YEAH.

PEOPLE JUST PULLING OUT THE FRONT OF ME.

OR PEOPLE ACTUALLY RIDING TOO CLOSE TO ME, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY, YOU KNOW.

SO I'VE HAD A COUPLE THAT WENT, WHOA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SCARY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE'S NOTICED A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BIKE LANES ALL ACROSS SAN DIEGO THAT MAKE HIS TRIPS FEEL SAFER AND LESS STRESSFUL.

>> I RIDE OUT TO THE NEW PARK THAT'S OUT BY SNAPDRAGON STADIUM, AND THEY'VE GOT THOSE TRAILS BUFFERED NOW, AND IT'S A BIG CHANGE.

IT'S REALLY NICE.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY BIKEWAY IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN SEPTEMBER 2027.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NASCAR IS COMING TO NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND FOR A WEEKEND OF RACES THIS JUNE.

IT'LL BE THE FIRST SUCH EVENT HELD ON A MILITARY BASE.

ANDREW DYER SAYS IT WILL BE NASCAR'S FIRST EVER RACE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> HE DRIVES THE 7 CAR, DANIEL SUAREZ.

>> Reporter: SAILORS CHEER AS NASCAR CUP SERIES DRIVERS ARE ASSIGNED TO NAVY UNITS.

EACH DRIVER WILL REPRESENT A UNIT FOR THE RACE WEEKEND.

DRIVERS CHRISTOPHER BELL, TY DYLAN, RYAN PREECE, AND JESS TALKED AT THE EVENT.

RYAN FITZPATRICK HOSTED THE DRAFT.

HE SAYS EVERYONE AT NASCAR IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 250 RACE IN JUNE.

>> WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A RACE ON THE BASE HERE AND TELLING PEOPLE AT THE BASE HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THEM AND HOW EXCITED THESE DRIVERS ARE TO COME AND SHOW THEIR TALENTS ON THE BASE.

>> Reporter: THE TRACK IS ALMOST 3.5 MILES LONG.

ORGANIZERS SAY THAT MAKES IT THE LONGEST IN NASCAR'S HISTORY, AND IT'S NOT ALL LEFT TURNS.

IT'S A STREET COURSE THAT TAKES DRIVERS FROM THE BASE'S ASPHALT SURFACE STREETS TO THE CONCRETE FLIGHT LINE.

ANNIE IS WITH NASCAR.

SHE'S WORK WITH THE NAVY TO MAKE SURE THE TRACK IS SAFE.

>> SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH THE NAVY TO PUT THIS RACE TOGETHER.

AND WE'VE DONE A SCAN OF THE TRACK AND TURNED IT INTO A RACING SIMULATOR TO WHICH SEVERAL OF OUR NASCAR CUP SERIES DRIVERS HAVE ALREADY TRIED.

SO WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COURSE BASED ON THAT.

>> Reporter: THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST NASCAR RACE WEEKEND IN SAN DIEGO.

TY DYLAN DRIVES THE NUMBER 10 CHEVROLET.

HE SAYS DRIVERS HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FANS.

>> I THINK WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT NASCAR IS THE PASSION BEHIND IT.

OUR FANS ARE SECOND TO NONE.

THEY LOVE THEIR DRIVERS.

THEY LOVE WHAT THE DRIVERS REPRESENT.

AND THEY FOLLOW IT WITH A FIERCE PASSION.

SO HOPEFULLY BRINGING OUR NASCAR FANS ON BASE, THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO SHOW SO MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE HERE AND WHAT THEY DO FOR US.

>> Reporter: RACE WEEKEND STARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 19th, WITH THE CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACE OPEN EXCLUSIVELY TO MILITARY FAMILIES.

SATURDAY'S AND SUNDAY'S RACES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY.

SUNDAY'S RACE IS SOLD-OUT, BUT THERE'S A WAITLIST.

NASCAR BE THE NAVY EXPECT 50,000 SPECTATORS EACH RACE DAY.

>> HE'S GOT HIM HOOKED.

>> Reporter: ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TODAY SS FRIENDLY RANCH IS A GATHERING PLACE ROOTED IN COMMUNITY AND ANCESTRAL CONNECTION.

IT BEGAN IN THE 1980s WITH TWO SIBLINGS TRYING TO BUILD A LIFE IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER ARTIE McAFEE SPOKE WITH THEIR GRANDDAUGHTERS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE CARRYING THAT DREAM FORWARD.

>> Reporter: THE TWO -- THE TEN- TEN-ACRE RANCH IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

AFTER MIGRATING FROM TEXAS IN THE EARLY 1970s AND SETTLING IN SAN DIEGO THE SIBLINGS WERE SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO BOARD THEIR HORSES.

SHE REMEMBERS THE STORY OF HOW HER GRANDFATHER AND HIS SISTER TOOK OVER THE LAND AFTER THE ORIGINAL OWNER COULD NO LONGER CARE FOR IT.

>> WHEN HE CAME TO THIS PLACE, THE OWNER AT THE TIME BASICALLY SAID HE WAS GETTING OLDER, HIS FAMILY DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT HE WAS DOING.

AND HE TOLD THEM MAKE HIM AN OFFER.

INSTEAD OF FINDING A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD HAVE TO RENT TO BOARD HIS HORSE, HE MADE THE DECISION TO, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE LAND IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

SO HE AND HIS SISTER POOLED THEIR MONEY TOGETHER, AND IT'S BEEN IN OUR FAMILY SINCE 1980.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE RANCH CONTINUES HER GRANDFATHER'S LEGACY -- >> I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE, A VERY EMPOWERING EXPERIENCE.

I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SAN DIEGO, SO I'VE SEEN BLACK BUSINESSES CLOSE.

I'VE SEEN BLACK FAMILIES DISPLACED FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE TYPICALLY BLACK.

I'VE SEEN THE VOICE AND REPRESENTATION OF BLACK CULTURE DIMINISHED.

AND WE'RE FIGHTING TO BUILD THAT BACK UP.

>> Reporter: TAUGHT AT A YOUNG AGE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE LAND, YOU BUILD SOMETHING, NOT JUST FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, BRANDON CREATED WHAT IS NOW THE ONLY BLACK-OWNED RANCH IN SAN DIEGO, A SPACE SHE BELIEVES SHOULD BE SAFE AND WELCOMING FOR EVERYONE.

TODAY THE RANCH SERVES AS AN EVENT SPACE FOR THE BROADER SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY.

>> LOTS OF SPACE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME FOR FAMILY REUNIONS.

WE'VE HAD SOME JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS OUT HERE.

MOST RECENTLY WE HAD OVER 700 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN BLACK-TOBER FEST.

FOLKS RENT IT OUT FOR PRIVATE EVENTS AS WELL, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARIES.

>> Reporter: THE RANCH STILL INCLUDES SOME ANIMALS, THREE HORSES A HANDFUL OF GOATS, AND SEVERAL CHICKENS, BUT BRANDON SAYS THEY PLAN TO PHASE THAT PORTION OUT BECAUSE OF LIMITING STAFFING.

>> WE'RE VERY SMALL, AND THE OTHER WORK IS LIKE POOLING, SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE ANIMAL'S NOT GETTING THE CARE THEY DESERVE.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO HOSTING EVENTS, THE RANCH PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ONE OF THEM IS A COLLECTIVE FOCUSED ON HEALING THROUGH ANCESTRAL PRACTICING HOMEGROWN -- THE COFOUNDER AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF FOUNDER SARAH.

SHE ALSO SERVES AS THE RANCH'S DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE.

>> I'VE LEARNED THAT MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'VE LEARNED MORE OF LIKE WHERE I COME FROM AND JUST HOW EASIER IT IS TO STEP INTO THOSE ROLES ONCE I REALIZE LIKE, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT CRAZY.

IT'S NOT THAT NEW.

>> Reporter: CURRENTLY, AGRICULTURE TAKES UP ABOUT ONE ACRE OF THE LAND, BUT THEY PLAN TO EXPAND TO TWO ACRES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

PART OF THE WORK INVOLVES PRESERVING SEEDS FROM THE CROPS THEY GROW.

AND WITH THE ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY, THE RANCH NEEDS TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT THEY PLANT.

>> SEEDS HAVE MEMORY LIKE PEOPLE AND OUR DNA.

IF I WANTED TO MAKE A SEED HERE THAT'S MORE WATER RESILIENT, I CAN CULTIVATE THAT SEED HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, GIVING IT LESS WATER, SAVE THE SEEDS THAT ARE DOING THE BEST WITH LESS WATER, AND EVERY YEAR THOSE SEEDS WILL BE BETTER AND BETTER DOING WITH LESS WATER AND MORE ADAPTIVE TO THE BIOREGION.

>> Reporter: LUCY IS ONE OF THE OWNERS.

SHE MET THEM AFTER VISITING THE RANCH SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

OVER TIME SHE BECAME PART OF THE TEAM.

SHE SAYS SHE'S GRATEFUL TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LAND'S DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAN DIEGO.

>> THIS SPACE REALLY ALLOWED ME TO BE A STUDENT AND OPENED ME UP TO STUDENTS WHO WERE IN TRANSITION OF TEACHING WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT AND THROUGH OUR FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP JUST BEING ABLE TO OFFER EACH OTHER SERVICE WHEN IT CAME TO LITERALLY THEIR FAMILY'S LAND, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SACRED TO THEM.

>> Reporter: AFTER LEAVING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, WORKING AT THE RANCH ALLOWS HER TO RECONNECT WITH HER LINEAGE.

>> I'M LOW KEY COMMUNICATING WITH MY ANCESTORS TOO, AND WE'RE ALL TALKING AND CULTIVATING RED BURGUNDY OAK, BLACK-EYED PEAS THAT CAME FROM AFRICA'S WELL AND ARE TRAVELING THROUGH DIFFERENT FAMILIES IN THE AMERICAS TO BE BACK HERE ON THIS LAND.

>> Reporter: WITHOUT THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL -- THE RANCH WOULD NOT EXIST IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

>> EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH, IT IS FOSTERED BY THE LOVE AND THE WISDOM AND THE COMPASSION AND JUST HEART FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY POURED INTO ME AND THAT THEY LIVED EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> Reporter: ARTIE McAFEE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEW EXHIBIT OPENING AT THE CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO, A MAGICAL FOREST WITH CREATURES MADE FROM PERSIAN RUGS.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON-EVANS SAYS IT'S INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST'S CHILDHOOD IN IRAN.

>> Reporter: MIRIAM BAYAT SPENT HER CHILDHOOD SUMMERS IN IRAN'S BUCOLIC NORTH AND EXPLORING HER FATHER'S RUG SHOP.

>> MY CHILD HOOD WAS RUNNING THROUGH THESE STOCKS OF RUGS AND LIGHT COMING THROUGH AND THE SMELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE FEELING THIS -- YOU'RE SENSING THE SMELL RIGHT NOW HERE.

>> Reporter: NOW BAYAT USES OLD PERSIAN RUGS AS A CANVAS.

SHE PAINTS NEW DESIGNS AND SCULPTS THEM INTO TOWERING CYPRESS TREES WITH BOLD PINK BLOSSOMS, COLORFUL FLOWERS A CLEARING FOR A TEA PARTY, WHIMSICAL HORSES, BIRDS, AND A FOX.

A FOUNTAIN INSPIRED BY TEHRAN.

EVERYTHING IS REFASHIONED FROM RUGS.

SHE ADDS HER OWN STORIES TO THOSE AND THE WOMEN WHO FIRST WOVE THE RUGS.

>> THEY USED TO SIT DOWN AND WEAVE, THINKING OF THEIR LIFE, THEIR STORY, ALL OF THE RUGS HAD A STORY BEHIND IT, SO, THEY WOULD JUST SIT AND SOMETIMES IF THEY WERE SAD, IT'S -- WHEN THEY ARE SAD, THEIR HANDS AFFECT HOW THEY WEAVE THE RUG.

>> Reporter: THE EXHIBIT UNROLLING PARADISE COINCIDES WITH THE PERSIAN CELEBRATION OF SPRING, NORUZ, HAPPENING AMID WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

>> THIS YEAR IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

YES.

IT'S HOPEFUL.

IT'S SAD.

IT'S FULL OF MIXED FEELINGS.

IT'S A NORUZ, SO IT'S A NEW IN EVERYTHING.

IT'S A NEW START.

>> Reporter: JULIA DIXON-EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> JULIA ALSO HOSTS KPBS ARTS PODCAST THE FINEST.

A NEW EPISODE IS OUT NOW.

YOU CAN LEN AT KPBS.ORG/THEFINEST OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

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HERE ARE SOME FROM THIS WEEK.

OUR PARTNER, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, REPORTED ON A FAKE CHARITY SCAM AT PETCO PARK.

THE RINGLEADERS PLEADED GUILTY.

>>> NEARLY 40% OF NONORGANIC PRODUCE GROWN IN CALIFORNIA HAD TRACES OF FOREVER CHEMICALS.

>>> AND GUSTAVO SOLIS' STORY WE SHARED EARLIER OF ONE FAMILY COPING WITH I.C.E.

DETENTION.

>>> BETWEEN SANTA YSABEL AND JULIAN, ARTIST JAMES HUBBLE BUILT A PLACE THAT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT I GAVE IT MY BEST SHOT IN OUR MUSEUM A MONTH FOR MARCH.

>> Reporter: GETTING TO THE ILAN LAEL FOUNDATION IS NOT EASY.

YOU'RE ON A DIRT ROAD FOR A BIT BEFORE YOU ARRIVE HERE.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE AN INKLING OF WHAT TO EXPECT, BEING HERE AT FIRST LEADS TO QUESTIONS BOTH SIMPLE, WHAT IS THIS PLACE, AND PROFOUND, WHY IS THIS PLACE.

ASK A.I., AND YOU GET AN ANSWER THAT'S RATHER UNSATISFYING.

TEN ACRES OF INTEGRATED NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND ART STRUCTURES.

IT IS TEN ACRES, AND THE 14 STRUCTURES ON THIS LAND ARE CERTAINLY DESIGNED AND MADE WITH ART IN MIND.

BUT WHY?

ILAN LAEL FOUNDATION DIRECTOR GERDIS HAS THE BEST ANSWERS YOU'RE LIKELY TO FIND, AND THEY ALL RELATE TO ITS CREATOR, JIM HUBBLE.

>> WHEN JIM WAS REALLY A CHILD, HE DECIDED TO SEEK BEAUTY BUT NEVER TRY TO DEFINE IT.

THOSE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS HE WAS GOING TO USE HIS ABILITY TO MAKE ART AS A BALANCE TO SOME OF THE NEGATIVITY THAT EXISTED IN THE WORLD.

AND SO YOU SEE THAT AND SO MUCH HERE IN THIS PLACE, THIS WORLD HE WANTED TO LIVE IN, IT'S FILLED WITH BEAUTY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NURTURED HIS SOUL.

>> Reporter: HERE YOU CAN SAY YOU CAME TO SEE THE ART AND THE BUILDINGS AND MEAN EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

GERDIS SAYS THE PROPERTY IS BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES, THE DIVIDING LINE FORCED IN 2003 BY THE DISASTROUS CEDAR FIRE, BUT FROM THE ASHES AROSE A SERIES OF NEW STRUCTURES THAT HAVE PROPELLED ILAN LAEL FORWARD IN ITS MISSION.

>> THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC ENTERS ILAN LAEL AND WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, HOST MOST OF OUR WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC EVENTS THAT HAPPEN UP HERE.

THAT INCLUDES THE BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME, THE FOUNDATION WHERE WE HAVE AN OFFICE AND WE HAVE MEETING SPACE, WE KEEP AN ARCHIVE OF JIM'S WORK.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIVIDE SURVIVED THE FIRE WITH LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE.

>> WHICH REPRESENT JIM AND ANNE'S ORIGINAL HOME, AND THAT'S THE HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED PART OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT IS -- COMPRISES THEIR RESIDENCES, WHERE THEIR LIVED, THESE STUDIOS WHERE JIM MADE HIS ART, AND TWO GALLERIES WHERE HE PUTS -- DISPLAYS A LOT OF HIS ART AND USED AS A SPACE TO STORE ARTISTIC CREATIONS.

>> Reporter: JIM AND ANNE'S HOUSE IS OFF LIMITS TO VISITORS, BUT FORTUNATELY, THIS ISN'T.

THIS IS THE BOY'S HOUSE.

GERDIS SAYS IT'S A FAVORITE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU STEP INSIDE.

THIS IS WHERE THE FOUR HUBBLE SONS GREW UP, CALLING IT MAGICAL IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

>> A MARVELOUS EXAMPLE OF THE INCLUSIVE NATURE OF THE WAY JIM DESIGNS ARCHITECTURE, SO EVERYTHING FROM THE DOME SHAPE EXTERIOR TO THE ELABORATE INTERIOR WITH HANDMADE TILES ON THE FLOOR AND MOSAICS OF BIRDS AND OTHER CREATURES AND ABALONE SHELLS AND THE BATHROOM, STAINED GLASS THROWING LIGHT ALL OVER THE ROOMS, DIFFERENT PLACES AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.

IT'S JUST A JEWEL.

>> Reporter: ALL FOUR HUBBLE SONS ARE INVOLVED WITH THE FOUNDATION.

THREE OF THEM SIT ON THE BOARD.

THAT INCLUDES THE YOUNGEST, BRENNAN.

HE WAS ON SITE THE DAY WE WERE SHOOTING.

WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP IN THIS PLACE.

>> IT WAS FUN TO, LIKE, HAVE THE MOUNTAINS TO, LIKE, WALK AROUND AND EXPLORE WITH, TO HAVE NATURE, SO MUCH A PART OF OUR LIVES, LIKE IF YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE REALLY KIND OF SMALL SO YOU HAVE TO WALK OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO GO TO THE DINING ROOM OR YOUR BEDROOM OR EVEN TO THE BATHROOM.

>> Reporter: BRENNAN IS AN ARTIST AND ONE OF THE PLACES HE CREATES IS WHERE HIS FATHER CREATED AS WELL.

BUT THIS SPACE IS NOT JUST FOR HUBBLES.

THIS PLACE IS ABOUT MORE THAN UNIQUE BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ONE.

THIS IS CALLED THE BIG STUDIO AND BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART, THIS BIG PIECE IS A RESTORED WINDOW THAT CAME OUT OF THE RESTAURANT.

IT WILL BE TAKEN TO THE TO HISTORY CENTER.

BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY IS THE ARTWORK THAT IS BEING CREATED HERE EVERY DAY.

GERDIS SAYS KEEPING THIS PLACE ALIVE WITH NEWLY CREATING ART WAS IMPORTANT TO JIM HUBBLE.

>> WE HAVE ARTISTS IN OUR EMPLOY, AND ACTUALLY EVERYBODY HERE HAS -- PRACTICES SOME SORT OF ART.

IT'S JUST IN THE NATURE OF WANTING TO BE HERE, CREATIVE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN HERE.

>> Reporter: JIM HUBBLE DIED IN 2024, ANNE HUBBLE IS ALIVE BUT NO LONGER LIVES AT ILAN LAEL.

IT CAN BE TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW IN A COUPLE OF WAYS.

A TREE THAT BELONGS TO GOD OR A TREE THAT UNITES THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL.

THAT MAY COME ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN TO DESCRIBING THIS.

>> IT'S QUITE THE PLACE.

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